Born in Córdoba, Veracruz in 1950, Sánchez Sosa studied sociology at the National University (UNAM) and film at the CCC in Mexico City. He founded the UNAM's Department of Political and Social Sciences first film club. He was co-founder and partner of Zafra-Cine Difusión, Zafra-Video, Cinematográfica Macondo, Producciones Amaranta, and Filmanía. Six of the 17 films he's produced have screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Danzón and El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba were shown as part of the Official Selection. He's had the privilege to work with the most important Latin American film directors of his time. Sánchez Sosa is founder and director of the Mexican Association for Independent Producers (AMPI), and the Hispanic-American Federation of Film and Media Production (FIPCA). He's been a judge at San Sebastian, Sundance, Toronto, and La Habana film festivals, among others. He's been part of the Advisory Board at IMCINE and Channel 22, and is a member of the New Latin American Cinema Foundation, whose honorary president is Gabriel García Márquez. From June of 2001 to September of 2005, he served as the General Consul for Mexico in Rio de Janeiro. He has been director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival since October of 2005.
Born in Córdoba, Veracruz in 1950, Sánchez Sosa studied sociology at the National University (UNAM) and film at the CCC in Mexico City. He founded the UNAM's Department of Political and Social Sciences first film club. He was co-founder and partner of Zafra-Cine Difusión, Zafra-Video, Cinematográfica Macondo, Producciones Amaranta, and Filmanía. Six of the 17 films he's produced have screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Danzón and El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba were shown as part of the Official Selection. He's had the privilege to work with the most important Latin American film directors of his time. Sánchez Sosa is founder and director of the Mexican Association for Independent Producers (AMPI), and the Hispanic-American Federation of Film and Media Production (FIPCA). He's been a judge at San Sebastian, Sundance, Toronto, and La Habana film festivals, among others. He's been part of the Advisory Board at IMCINE and Channel 22, and is a member of the New Latin American Cinema Foundation, whose honorary president is Gabriel García Márquez. From June of 2001 to September of 2005, he served as the General Consul for Mexico in Rio de Janeiro. He has been director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival since October of 2005.
